School Bus Fleet, November 2017
40 SCHOOL BUS FLEET NOVEMBER 2017 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM School Bus Fleet finds out more about some of the women across the U S who are crucial to making school buses run safely and on time By Michaela Kwoka Coleman Editorial Assistant Phenomenal Women in School Transportation PHENOMENAL WOMEN How did you get started in the industry I started as a school bus driver in the mid 90s and loved greeting the students and talking to the parents at the bus stop Moving into the office and becoming a school bus router in a DOS system from Educational Logistics Edulog was very interesting I am a geographical type person so doing routing in a growing area was right up my alley What are your current job duties I help with dispatching and routing and I work closely with drivers both in regular education and special needs I do investigations on the school bus which includes anything from a community complaint to a random student check or speed report What are your top professional achievements I went back to college in 2005 and received my certificate of completion for geospatial technology and global positioning systems This degree has assisted me at my current position where I have been since 2006 In 2012 I started a new good ridership program for anti bullying Later I was awarded a Seon anti bullying grant for our student ridership anti bullying program What made you get involved with anti bullying efforts Throughout my career Ive seen bad things happen to good people mostly due to bullying and or not protecting employees A high school student exploding a can of deodorant on the bus kids throwing raw eggs water balloons or paintballs hitting the side of a bus these are things that happened before schools became zero tolerance with weapons and drugs I had to watch good people quit their jobs A lot has changed since then but this is why Im still involved with anti bullying efforts Too many children and adults have been hurt by bullying What is something people would be surprised to learn about you I love to fish I grew up in California and came from a fishing family My husband was on the state Bassmaster team for Arizona in 1988 and one of my great enjoyments is beating him at fishing Doris Bean Manager of Transportation Glendale Elementary School District 40 Glendale Arizona 10
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